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156 N O T E S 1.3.

63. unto thy soul (Q2) Fi 'to thy Soule'—and
most edd. follow.
65. courage (Qz, Qi) Fi 'Comrade' The Q2
reading is correct, and means spark, brave, blood; cf.
N.E.D. 'courage,' ic, quoting Hoby's Castiglione's
Courtier (1577) 'the prowes of those diuine courages.'
MSH. pp. 295-96.
74.* Or (Q 2) F1, £> 1 'Are'—which all edd. follow.
MSH. pp. 317-19.
of a most.. .chief in that (Q2, F 1, £) 1) Despite the
agreement of all three texts, corruption is indisputable.
Most edd. omit 'of a,' which (if the F1 'Are' be correct)
I conjecture may be a misp. for 'often' (sp. 'ofen' or
'ofn'), v. MSH. pp. 317-19, and Greg (Aspects),
pp. 152-53, 200-201. Dowden suggests 'Or of a most
select, are generous, chief in that'—which retains Q2's
'Or' and has attractions. A third alternative (Collier) is
to follow F1 but alter 'chief to 'choice.'
F
109. Running (Collier) Q2 'Wrong,' i 'Roaming/
Cf.K. John 2.1.335, where F 1 prints 'rome'for 'run'
(sp. 'roniie'). MSH. p. 315. The emendation carries
on the image of the overtaxed hound in the previous
line.
tender me a fool i.e. make a fool of yourself in my eyes,
or (as Dowden suggests) present me with a baby. The
latter interpretation would make Oph.'s next speech an
indignant rejoinder. For 'fool' (=• darling) v. G. and
as applied to a baby v. Rom. 1. 3. 31, 48.
117. 3/azes v. G.
122-23. ^treatments\. .parle Terms of diplomacy.
v. G.
128. investments = vestments. With a quibble on
monetary investments, after 'brokers' (itself used quib-
blingly). v. G. for both words.
130. bonds (Q2, Fi) Most edd. follow Theobald
and read 'bawds.' The emendation makes Pol. say the
very opposite of what he intends, which is that these